The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to (France) Unknown Soldier of World War I, Army of France, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. By virtue of an act of Congress approved 4 March 1921, the Medal of Honor, emblem of the highest ideals and virtues, is bestowed in the name of the Congress of the United States upon the unknown, unidentified British soldier and French soldier, buried, respectively, in Westminster Abbey and Arc de Triomphe.
Whereas Great Britain and France, two of the Allies of the United States in the World War, have done honor to the unknown dead of their armies by placing with fitting ceremony the body of an unidentified soldier, respectively, in Westminster Abbey and in the Arc de Triomphe; and Whereas animated by the same spirit of comradeship in which we of the American Forces fought alongside these allies, we desire to add whatever we can to the imperishable glory won by the deeds of our Allies and commemorated in part by this tribute to their unknown dead: Now therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America assembled, That the President of the United States of America be, and he hereby is, authorized to bestow with appropriate ceremonies, military and civil, the Congressional Medal of Honor upon the unknown, unidentified British soldier buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England, and upon the unknown, unidentified French soldier buried in the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France.